Skyrocketing abstention: only 4 out of ten voters vote
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Final turnout plummeted to 39.8%. It collapses in Lombardy where only 41.6% of voters voted at the close of the polls and it is the lowest figure in 53 years. The lowest turnout so far was recorded in 2010 when 71.9% of Lombards voted. In those elections the main candidates were Roberto Formigoni, who was confirmed for the centre-right for the fourth time as president of the Region and Filippo Penati for the centre-left. Even then, the consultation took place over two days, 28 and 29 March. In the 2018 regional elections, the vote was held in a single day, on 4 March, simultaneously with the political elections, and the turnout was 73.1%.
Turnout at 37.20% instead in Lazio. The definitive data provided by the Viminale, relating to all 378 voting municipalities, confirms the sharp drop in participation compared to the last regional elections of 2018, when it was 66.55%
Higher in Brescia, lower in Mantua
The province of Brescia recorded the highest turnout for the Lombardy regional elections with 45.8% when 140 out of 205 municipalities were scrutinized. Mantua was the lowest at 36.05% (30 Municipalities scrutinized out of 64). Bergamo at 44.56% (155 out of 243 Municipalities), Como 39.11% (132 out of 148), Cremona 42.61% (103 out of 113), Lecco at 44.8% (73 out of 84), Lodi 39, 31% (49 out of 60), Milan 41% (70 out of 133), Monza and Brianza 41.14% (35 out of 55), Pavia 38.24% (149 out of 186), Sondrio 38.10% ( 69 out of 77), Varese at 37.82 (98 out of 136). The data is subject to change.
In Lazio worse in Rome and Latina
In Rome, 33.11% of those entitled voted. Among the cities of Lazio, the capital conquers the primacy of negative and black magic. In the previous regional elections, still in Rome, 63.11% of those entitled had voted. In Frosinone 45% voted, in Viterbo 42%, in Latina 40.92%, in Rieti 41.95%.
Pasquino: politicians must create relationships with the people
«Voting is never an exclusively personal choice: it is a relationship between voters and the political offer that candidates make in terms of proposals and reforms. Our candidates often say very similar things to each other, sometimes they say aberrant things that leave no trace on the voter and, above all, they no longer campaign in the area». The political scientist Gianfranco Pasquino tells LaPresse, commenting on the low turnout at the polling stations for the Lombardy and Lazio Regions. «There are no longer those healthy rallies in the town square, where the politician takes the stage and addresses the crowd who stop to listen to me. If political candidates don’t create a relationship with the voters, they don’t go to vote”.
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